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Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1858-04-06

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t? 5- 1 I . . . s. A - A E f I ;: i 1 - . t r 1 . j jl .t - -w. t - i I . i TOLTJME 21 If)0 Ifft llerjjbr) StfociIc SV , DI I.. IIAKPEIU Office in Woodward's Block, Third Story. - XERifS Two Dollars por nnnm, payable In k-Ttnoe; $2,50 within six month; $3,00 after the ex-fprrfction of the ywh Clabs of twenty 9 1,60 each. . , ... o " '' ' B A T K S OF ABTKBtHlilB! Cd - to C0 - I c o ai 3 e , s s . 3 5 s s - . g , ? ?" Z- f. f 1- ; -. I 1 - ; ' 1 't ; , -: $ e.l$ c.'t e. $ c. e. $ p. $ - $ r. 1 001 25 1 75 T 25 3 00 X 50 4 50 6 CO I 752 23 3 25 4 25 5 25 6 CO 8.7.5.8 CO 3 qmarem,-'4 tywor , 53 04 S0f OS 0 00 7 00 S CO 10 4 05 00 C 00:7 00 3 00! 10 f CI liveware, changeable monthly, $10 KeiTy, $ 1 5 4iw, eAaaif ehte wftrtWy ,..... ..... 1 5 eoimMM, ehanrerCle qui rtrrly, I? 4 eefamft, ciajeoojmrcry,.;.......... ...... 25 1 co?M. cai3fati quarterly,... . 40 JSTwlr line of JlinifB, (this tjp) are eoun-Idd m a sqtiare. C& Editorial aotlcet of advertisement, oren'Iinir ttntton Ut mmy enterprise intended to benefit indi- idnal or eorvorfcnns, wul be -charged for at the Tate of 10 cents per line. " Special notices, before marriage, or taking freeedence of regular advertisements, 'double usual tatea. ' 5 v ; 35 Noficos fr taeeSngs, okarrtble seoietMfljnre companies, Ac, Jimiy-prioe,' - Marriage notices inserted for 50 cts ; Deaths 35 cent, unless accompanied by obituaries, which will be charged for at regular advertising rates. jtT AdveTtisomwts dis)layed in large type to bo charged one-half more than regular, rates. . JdAll tra.nicnt advertisoments to be paid fur in -advance. ". . . SOUL THOCGIITS. T- B. IT. LOSGFELLOW. "The wind of an. Autumn midnight Is moaning round my door The curtains wave at the window, - The curpet lifts on the floor. . There ar sonrods liko startled foot-fttlls, i In the distwnt chambers now, ' And' the touch of airy fin-reM ; I&'faasy on hand and brow. 'Tis thus in the SouVs dark dwelling By the moody host unpooght- Through the chambers of Memory an3er .The invisible airs of thought. - . . .v : . For 'it blorreth where. It listeth, . With a murmur loud r low ; . Whence It conjeth whither goeta Kone tell as, and none may know. -. f ' JCow warring around the portals ' w; Of tlie vacant, dessolate m;nd- . As f he dKrs of a. ruined mansion That croak in the cold night wind. Xrd ando an wfI memory Sweeps over it fierce and nigh. like the rone of a mountain forest, When the midnight gale goes by. s ' . ... Then its voice subsides in wailing, And ere the dawn-of day.. - ' . Murm'ring fainter and still fainter, In the distance dies away. ? - piritiutl 1(1 Cl"5. Eemarkable Angelic .Visitation in Han-cock County, Ohio. A Little Girl Converses with an, Angel. THE AXGEL FORETELLS THE CHILD'S DEATH THE MANNER THEREOF. ETC., ALL OF WHICH ACTUALLY OCCUR. ' A TRULY MARVELOUS: STORY. Tvoin the Kenton Ohio) Republic. .n. of March 5, Orange township, in the South-western corner of Hancock county, joining Hardin on the Xorth west, some five miles from Johnstown, in this twunty, has recently been made the favored lo. cality of. one of thosa remarkable visitations which the people have learned to regard as very 4,few and far between :' an Angel's visit. Some-lime in August last, a bright andntelligent Ht tie girLaged five ; years, the daughter of Mr. Charles, who resides in .the locality described, while playing near the well in the yard, about noon of the day, seemed to discern something high up in the air, and descending toward her. The attention of the child was so much drawn to the object that her gaze became rivited upon it, and aa it drew nearer, she ; was observed to make frequent attempts to reach it with her hands, and form" a closer acquaintaace with the strange visitant. . - . When the mother of the child was called, to the acene, the little girl infdrmedTTber that she was in the nresence of an Aneel ; that she had talked with it that it had made communications to her, and furthermore, gave a description of it, accofding in every particular with the generally received impression of the appearance of these messengers from above. To satisfy herself tbot, there could be no delusion in. the matter, the mother entered into conversation with the stranger, and after being satisfied with the reality of the interview after having seen and talked with the Angel face to fast and after receiving infor-tnation' from it of the precise time when her own death would occur she retired from he spota Icing her little girl with her, and the Angel, waving its. bright wings, returned Heavenward- When the mother and child were alone, they talk ed freely of what they had seen and heard, and the mother's sadness was made deeper by the artless story of the child, who said that "the Angel told her she would die just two months from the time when she first saw it, weciselv attwelve ' o'clock and twenty fiva minutes ; that she would b threa day in dying j that her death would le nn-ke that of others; that her friends would sup. pose nC to hel'na; trance; that, her eyea would not be closed: that her funeral would be preach . ed in three weeks-after in the new school-house of the neighborhood, lJ man, whom, together with his horse and buggy she described, and that be?rienda wouldJhave. diS.culty in prowuring the ; hoaae for the occasionv' y -; ' : h'i jdotiet kept tio Ta4 secret to herself, and ; waited (or the appointed timet hopinJhat all is'-it yet o wea with ner- and hers, And pot V v (Ldiono caring to be reckoned aa one who; would attempt totevive the defunct doctrine of Spiritualism. Bat with the time came the terrible blow! Three days before the time predicted for her death) the little girl fell upon the flcjrr from whence she was taken to "bed, and at the hour and minute foretold, on the third day, breathed her last. Her tyes remained open after death, and could not be closed. Friends, supposing her to. be entraced, made many and rain efforts to restore her to life. A few dajs after her burial, as Rev. IL P. Darst was parsing by that way, a trieod of Mrs. Charles called to bim, and requested him to tarry awhile and preach the little girl's faaeral aeraotu The Reverend gecUeaan excused himself "oa the ground of having pricr engagensenta, bst pron-ised to do so im a short thee. His perssa and ealptneats rorrespocded in - the raot isiaate particulars with the; prophetic descriptioB, and when he did return to redeem his promise, the workmen who had built the tew achbel house, having a lien tipon it, refused to let it be bpeaed for the funeral eerTice but subsequently they gave up the key, atd the sermon was preached at the exact time and place predicted. The bereaved mother intended that the know, edge of these prophfeies and their fulfillments should go out of time with her, but recently, the secrecy bearing more crnshingly upon her, she determined to reveal the whole matter, atid in ac cordance with this determination, one day last week, she sent for John Latimore Esq., and Sam. uel Wood, one ot our County Commissioners, and to them gave the particulars, the most prominent of which we have given. The gentlemen Daued are among the 'oldest, most respectable, and in ftaential citizens of Our county, and their known character for integrity la jSufDeient guaranty that they would not favor at wrong action, or in any way assist in giving publicity to a story, as to the truth of which they had a reasonable, doubt. These gentlemen, we understand, have taken down the facts, as Mrs. Charles related them, for the purpose of giving them to the public in pamphlet form. They both bear testimony to the good character and standing of the lady who makes tJ revelation, and would regard anything coming from. her as entitled to credit. . Interesting Darick A Wonderfol Story. , The foTlowitig wonderful Story appeared several years ago, from the pen of an unknown author: . - -:-. .: The other morning, at the breakfast table, eur friend, the Hon.'John C. Calhoun, seemed very much troubled and out of spirits. You know be is altogether a venerable uiao, wnt a tiardj sternal Scotch-Irish face, softened in its expression arovnd the mouth by a sort of sad smile, which wins thu hearts of all who converse with him. Flis hair is snow-white, lie is tall, thin and angular. He reminds you very much of Old Hick ory. That he is honest, no one doubts; he has sacrificed lo his fatalism bis brightest hopes of political advanceroerit has offered up on the shrine of that necessity which he worships -all that can excite ambition even the presidency of the United States. But to my story. The other, morning at the breskfast table, where I, an unobserved specta-tor,Jjappened to be present, Calhoun was observed to gaze frequently at his right hand, and brush It with his left in a hurried and nervous manner, 4 He did this so often that it excited attention. At length one of the persons composing the breakfast party his name, I think, is Toombs, and be is a- member. ofCongresi from Georgia- took upon himself to ask the occasion of Mr. Calhoun's disquietude. - Does your hand pain you?" he asked of Mr. Calhoun. . . To. this Mr. Calhoun replied, in rather a (lurried manner, "P&hawt It is nothing. Only a dream I had last night, and which makes me see perpetually a large black spot, like an ink blotch, upon the back of my right hand; An optical illusion, I suppose. '.; . Of course these words excited the curiosity of the company, but no one ventured to beg the details of this singular dream, until - Toombs asked quietly: . - "What was your dream like? Tm not very superstitious about dreams; but sometimes they have a great deal of truth in them." "But this was such a peculiarly absurd dream,' said Mr. Calhoun, again brushing the back of his right hand;; "however, if it does not intrude too much on the time of our friends, I will relate it to you." Of course, the company were profuse in their profession of anxiety to know all about the dream. In his singular, sweet voice, Mr. Calhoun related it.- : -.-V ; "At a late hour last night, aa I was sitting in my room engaged In . writing, I was astonished by the entrance of a visitor, who entered and without a word took a seat opposite me at my table. This surprised tne as I had given par ticular orders to the. servant I should on no ac count be disturbed. The manner in which the intruder entered, so perfectly self'poesessed, tak ing his seat opposite 'mei without a word, as though my room and: all .within it belonged to him,, excited in ma as much surprise as indigna tion. As I raised my head to look into his feat ores, over the top of my shaded lamp, I discoy ered that he was .wrapped, in a thin cloak, which effectually concealed tis face and features from 'my view. And a3 I -raised my head he epokei j ."'Whatexe yoa: writings Senator from Seath Carolina? . : - ' . - "I did not think of hiii !mpetiaence .t first, but answered him voluntarily- - ; . 1 ,". " 'I am. writing' a plai' of Lthe "dissolution of the American Union; (yon know, gendemen tkat I ani expected to produce plan of disoln- i "To this the Intruder renlied . in tlae ' cooles manner poasioie: .v ...... ; s., :. , "Senator from South Carolina, ilf yon allow me to look at your, hand your right haad?' MOUNT VERNON, He rose, the cloak fell, and beheld his face. Gentlemen) the sight of that face strntk me like a thunder clap; It was the face of a dead man, whom etraordiraryv events had called back to life. The features were those of General George Washington yfeS, gentlemen, tlie intruder was none other than George Washington He was dressed in the Revolutionary costume, each as yon see in the Patent OfScei" Here Mr. Calhoun paused apparently tgita ted- His agitation, I need not tell you, was shared by the company. Toombs at length broke the embarrassing pause: ."Well, we e-ll, what was the issue of this scene?"' . ' Mr. Calhoun resumed: Tte intruder, as I have said, rose and asked rie tolook at ray right hand. As though I had not the power to refuse, I extended it. The truth is, I felt a strange thrill pervade me at his touch; he grasped it and held it near the light, thus affording me full time to examine every feature. It was the face of Washington, Gentlemen, T shuddered as I beheld the horribly dead alive of that visage. After holding my hand for a moment, he looked at me steadily, find said, ie a quiet wayt "'And with this right hand, Senatof from South Carolina, you would Bign your name to a paper declaring the Union dissolved?" . " 'I answered in the affirmative. .''Yes,. I will. If a certain contingency arises, I will sign my name to Declaration 6f Dissolution.' "But at that moment a black blotch appeared on the back of my hand, an inky blotch, which I seem to see even now. 'What is that?' said I, alarmed, I knew not why, at the blotch on my hand. . V' : "'That,' said he, dropping my hand, 'is the mark by which Benedict Arnold is known in-the next world.' ." . ; ' "He said no more, : gentlemen, but drew from beneatb his cloak an object which he laid upon the table laid it upon the very paper on which T was writing. ; That object, gentlemen, was a skeleton. . . .. " 'There, said he, 'there are the bones of Isaac Hajne, who was bun? at .Charleston by tbe British, He crave his life in order to establish the Union. Vhen.ryoa put your name to a Declaration of Dissolution, why, yon may as well have the bones of Isaac Hayne before you; he was a South Carolinian, and so are you. But there was no blotch on his right hand.' - " With these words, the intruder left the room. I started back from the contact with the dead man's bones, and awoke. Overworn by 'ai-or, I had fallen asleep, and had been dreaming.- Waj it not a singular dream?" : All the company answered in the affirmative, and Toombs muttered, "Singular, very singular," at the same time looking curiously at the back of his right band, while Mr. Calhoun placed his head between his hands and seemed buried in thouget. f;-. -'---;.-- -',, HOW AffriflnHnra m. - "'rZ" "-' One of the best agricultural addresses of the past season (says the Country Gentleman) is that of Hon. L. Chandler Ball, before the Hoosick (Town) Ag. Society. It discusses tho question, How shall the necessary condition to further agricultural improvement be secured, and farmers take the rank, exert the influence, and receive the honors to which, by their contributions to sq cial order, and the welfare of the State, they are entitled ?" He lajs down the following propose tions, and to their elucidation the address is -de. voted i m ', 1. By Sdopllng a higher standard of education both general and professional.. 2. By a more thorough cultivation of the soil, by which its fertility shall be increased, aid per manently maintained. 3. By the more .general introductioa of im proved implements -of husbandry, by which farm and household labor may be more, easily, and more economically performed- 4. By improving the breeds of domestic stock, and rearing only those animals which are the best of their respective kinds. . 5. By growing only those roots, grai ns, gras ses, and fruits which are the most nutritions, and the most productive. 6. By pursuing that particular branch of bus bandry which gives the strongest probabilities of success ; naving reference to curaate, son, mar kets, and amount of foreign and domestic com petition. : By making the business of farming attractive to educated men, and the farnf-house and all its surroundings pleasant to refined taste and culti vated manners. CMna and its Population. China is about 1500 miles long and broad, and contains about 1,318,879 square miles. .Cutting off the surrounding fringe of savage life. China is still a vast empire but not bo immeasurable or so unmanageable as we are accustomed to con ceive it to be. This country contains 360,279,- 897- human creatures. The amount need not startle ns. If Lombardy were as large as China, Lombar dy would contain 360,000,000 also, and if Belgi urn was as large as China, Belgium would con tain 400,000,000. Take the average of the whole 18 provinces) and there is nothing very remark able in the figures as they came out. The popu lation of China as a whole is not excessive but when we note the distribution Of that population the figures are remarkable There is a press upon the Eastern seaboard - provinces such without, parallel in, the wdrld: The Chi co&ats which look but towards Japan are choked with people, the average forthe; whole empire being 268 to the square milej Ciangua has 820 its next inland province, Anhui, has 704; Shan tang, to the north on the roast, 444; the imperial "district of Chihli.--474.nd Chekiang, on the coast to the 'south, has 671. " : V Potatoes Escoiiorxp! Mash potatoes in the usual way; then butter some sice clean ecollop shells, patty pans, or tea cups, or saucers; put in wnnr nntnfv TnVn tliftm' a month J at tha trm; cross a knife over them; itteir aTfew fine bread .v.-!. u-.:vill t. :,w - ----V.' brash with a few drops of inelted batter, and set taem careiouy oiu oitue bucus, ana crown on the other side. Cold: potatoes -may"be warmed up la this Way. , .? - '. ..-.; .. OHIO : TUESDAY, APllIL 6, 1858, fctfjS mm A CniU'c Talent. . . : "Oeeopy with your talents," said Kitty Lee to herself, as she sat thoughtloHy by the fire, one Sabboth afternoon. : "Pap said ia Lis sermon that God has given some talent to everybody, aal that we ought not to bary it ia tifc earth, I wonder what mine is. j V ;. '. . ' She puzzled her little head over the matter, 113 her face grew very sober, and her father, nc-tieing it, called her to his side. "What are you thinking about, daughter?' said he. "I was think ing of-your sermon, Papa, and what talents a little girnike me, can have.' "Let ns see, Kitt; have not you the power of speaking kind wCrds, and doing pleasant things to make other people happy? Do you always use this power when you have opportunity?" . Kitty blushed; and hung her head for she remembered that only the day before, she had join, ed her companions in laughing at Julia Blake, because she went to school in a patched dress, and seemed awkward and stupid at recitation. She did not hide hef thoughts from her father, for he always encouraged her to be frank trith him, and now he taught her that a right desire to use her talents would have led her to take Julia's part, and to speak encouragingly to her. "Twill try and do better, tomorrow," said Jit: y ; and with this resolution in mind, she Went to school next day At noon," when she saw Julia, as usual, apart from the others, and looking quite friendless, she went kindly to her, with a little bouquet of flowers, which she had picked from her own garden. "Will you have these, Julia,'' said She, and the grateful smile whieh lighted up the poor-girl's face, told Kit'y that " she had already done her heart good. Then she talked with hef about net lessons, and brought up pleasant subjects, till Julia began to feel quite like a new person; She studied that afternoon with a cheerfulness which 6he had not had for many a day, and won words of approbation from her teacher, which made her smile again. And all because Kitty Lee had spoken kindly to her - words which she might have spoken long before, if she had only thought. "' To be sure, Kitty gave np her aecuslonfcd play with the other scholars, and this cost her some trial, but do you think she was sorry for this, when she saw how happy she had made her little school-mate? Who of our little readers will say that he or she has not any talent to do good with? "What if the little drop should say, So small a drop as I, Cn ne'er refresh the thirsty fields, 111 tarry in tha sky: . What if a shining beam at noon, . Should in its fountain stav. Beoanse its little light alone, ''-'.'.-xne drop does its parrin neiping to maae me shower;1 the beam of light dees its part in help ng to make-tbe day. So the child who is on the look out for the opportunities to do good, can help to make up the sum of human happiness, and thus be, in some measure, like our blessed Savior, who, while on earth, "went about doing good J" -Ohio' Farmer. J ; .. : Useful Inforiiiation. A Good Whitewash, As this is the. season of the year when people begin to clean up, and make things look fresh for the approaching summer, we copy from the ast Scientific American the following in respect to the best and cheapest whitewashes, both for the inside and outside of houses: Take half a bushel of fresh-burned white lime, and slack it either with hot or cold water, in a tub or barrel. When thoroughly slacked, dissolve in the water required to thin the lime, two quarts of common salt, stir it thoroughly, add one quart of sweet milk, and it is ready for use to put on with a brush. This wash is for the outside of buildings, fen-ves, &c, and is very durable. Some put. glue in whitewash, and others flour and rice paste; but these render it liable to scale off in very dry weather. The above wash may be made a cream'colorj by the adcition of ochre The above whitewash is all that can be de sired for the interior of excepting the salt, it must be omitted, as it tends to imbibe moisture. French white is superior to lime washes for the ceilings of rooms, ; as it is not so liable to turn yellowish in color, but it rubs off so easily that it cannot be. used for side walla. Potatoes Fbied ih S lices .Peel 1 arge po tatoes, slice, them about a quarter of an inch thick, or cut them into shavings, as you would peel a lemon; dry them well in a- clean cloth, aud fry them in lard or dripping. Take care that the fat and frying-pan are quite clean ; put it on a quick fire, and as sOon as the lard boils, and is still, put in the slices of potato, and keep moving them until they crisp; take them up and lav them to drain on a sieve. Send them to the table with a little salt sprinkled over them. Ccbb for Wabts. Take half an ounce of muriatic acid, put it in a broad-bottomed . vial. so t will not easily turn over; take. a stick as large as he end of a knitting-needle, dip it into the acid, and touch the top of the warrwitb whatever of the acid adheres to the stick with the stick rub the acid into the wart without al- lowing it to touch' the healthy skin do this nigit and morning. JJaWa Journal of Health. ; : i To Bon. Potatoes. Put them into a sance pan with scarcely sufficient water to covet them; Directly the skins begins to break, lift them from the fire, and as rapidly as possible pour off every drop of "the water . Then place a course (we need not say clean) towel over them and return them to the. Ere again until they are thor- ougWy done, .nd 'qudry. JittleVsalt, Jo I taste should bare been added to. the-water be:" taste should h fore boiling i Stica tbb; SjDS.-r-Take - along Breath 6id- -t tcardly so a to expel all the i air from the langjs. TbOtitctf tpeas'Hnstantly- i ft-t-t " ' ' : - - '. I must be very grateful to the man who humbly estimates his own claims, that the world always heartily approves his judgment. iuu may do saia lor , love, that if yoa strike it out of the soul, life would be insipid, and our. being but half animated 'There is nothing ' like a fixed, steady aimj with aa honorable purpose. It dignifies your nature, and insures your Success. : Men often are not aware of what severe and untiring labor they are capable, until "they have made-trial of their strength. Afflictions are the same to the soul as the plough to the fallow ground, the pruning-knife to the vine, and the furnace to the gold. He who does his bestj however little, is always to be distinguished frdtn him who does nothing. V . It is as disagreeable to a prodigal to keep an account of his expenses, as it" is to a sinner to examine his conscience; the deeper they search, the worse they find themselves. It is a much easier task to dig metal out of its native mine, than to get it out of the covetous man's coffer. Death only has the key of the miser's chest. : .What madness is it for a man to starve himself, to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend into an enemy! For his joy at your death will be proportioned to what you leave him. I have no expectation that any man will read history aright, who thinks that what was done in a remote age, by men whose names have fesonnded far, has any deeper sense than what he is doing to-day, - Infinite as are the varieties of life, so man ifold are the paths to saintly characters; and he who has not found out how, directly or indirectly, to make everything converge towards his soul's saoctiScation, has as yet missed the mean- ng ot this hfe, - ' Manhood in ihe Christian life is abetter thing than boyhood, because it is a riper thing; and old age, ought to be a brighter, and a cal. mer, and a more serene thing than manhood. - It is well for a believer to look on. Dare you? llemember, put of Christ, it is not wisdom but madness to look on. Ynn mnei Irtt back, for the longest and the best day is either past or passing. " 11 is not by. regretting what is irreparable that true work is to be done, but by making the best of what we are ; Forget mis taker; organize victory out of mistakes. Perhaps in practical life we could not give abetter account of faith, than by saying that it is, amidst much failure, having the kart tn - It is a very lofty thing" to oe b" unristlan; for a Christian is man who is restorin? God's ikenesg to his character." ; Human innocence is not to know evil: Christian sairdliness is to know evil and goody and prefer good. It is the solemn thought connected with middle age, that life's last "business Is begun in earnest. An Indiana Dentist. ' The following we copy from a business circu lar of a wag'of a toothpuller, at Bloomiugton t Bexevoi.ejtt IxsTRrcTros. Df; J; Payne, dentist having once more opened an oSce in Bloomington, will perform all operations on the teeth at greatly reduced prices. A beautiful at7-ver cup, will be presented to the person having the greatest number of teeth extracted and a splendid g old walclt will be awarded to the one having the finest set of artificial teeth inserted; Teeth extracted for a dollar a dozen. S? The testimony in the case of the com monwealth again st Borrowscale, for an affray tried at Boston some years ago : Counsel Did you see William Borrowscale knock the man down?: ;- WitneBS William Borrowscale might do such a thing. ' " : ' Counsel Answer me directly. JJid yoa see Borrowscale knock him down ?. Witness I can't exactly say that I did. : : .- The Court State, Mr. Witness, what you did See. : i . ;-. " -. Witness Well, I saw William Bono rscale take his hand away from the mans head quice and then the man fell dottn right atcay. . J3y- The Yankee Blade tells the following anecdote of a college chum : H , a member of one of the classes, was distinguished not less for his dry wit and sly wag gery than for his address in evading the writing of themes, and palming off the brain-currency of others as hi3 legitimate tender,' One Monday morning he read a tlieme of unusual merit ; bat Professer A ' smelt rat, and as H. finished and sat down in the pride of conscious excel-1 lence, asked : . : ". j " ; ft Is that original, It- ? H ' . "Yes, sir.'' : " Are yoa sure of it?" queried, the Professor, donbtingly. ' '' . ' !' " Why, yes, sir," replied. A--, with the im-petturable gravity, and that pasteboard, countenance he alwiys wore, " H bad original Ovef It in the paper ! took it from! ' - ' gSy' A good joke, says the Syracuse Standard, Is related of Miss- G a laughter-loving, good natured lass, who was. spending .the afternoon with a neighbor! and during supper 'the conven satioo turned to "bens; etc:" Miss-G. observed that her bens did not lay ercely any-eggs, and she eoold not tell the reason. Why, observed Mr. P4 by hens lay very well? I go ou t among them almost every day and get-eggs." ' "Gracious I " waa"Uielnslani nj'nndeV, t wish yon would some over to but house, and run with our bensVrllm suref your troobleJ .'She3'doiJ'Tf-"-'.:r'"-f.7-;- ' l)nmovist. fatnumitattons For the Demooratio Banner. L. Harper, Esq. Dear Sir : At the request of one of your old Democratic friends and subscribers, I see you have published what purports to be A Late Page in the JjUiory of the United States by George Jlanerofl. May another humble patron of yours, through the same channel, say a few Words in reply : " The cardinal point " (says the Hon. Histo. rian) " on which this great question turns is this: Is the Lecompton, Constitution the. choice and will of a majority of the people of Kansas ? " He 'Bancroft) says that it is not, and brings forward seven witnesses to prove it. His first wit-nes which he brings to the stand is, the circumi stances of the Lecompton Convention refusing to submit the Constitution to a vote of the people for fear it would be rejected. 2d. The Newspaper Press of Kansas. 3d. The Kansas Delegate to Congress. 4th. Series of Kansas Governors, (four in one year.) ' 5th. The Kansas Legislature - 6th. The State officers of Kansas. 7th. The voice of the people of Kansas. All, all these witnesses (says Mr. Bancroft) de-clare that the Lecompton Constitution is not the voice and will of a majority of the people of Kansas. Will the Hon Historian, before he has this little bit of our history stereotyped, go with us before the great Tribunal of the American people and assist in the cross examination of these same witnesses. The Court is open, the witnesses haye been sworn, and the parties are ready to proceed. The first witness we call to the stand is the people themselves of Kansas. Stand forth now you quarreling, wrangling, factious flet of scoundrels and answer our questions. -We want to ascertain if there is any. one thing yoct can agree upon. Tell U3 now, if every one; of yoa have riot said that Kansas is a Stale. Answer We have ? and we say sc nowv We holdthat it is " People,"' which constitute a State; and believing that we have in Kansas as many people as the U. S. Constitution requires for that'" purpose; therefore Kansas is a State. Question. Have. yoa not all, in some form or other, petitioned Congress to acknowledge you as a State, and to admit you to an equality with the other States ? & Answer We have. The Constitution of the United States -says, that Congress may admifl new States, and we supposed we liad no right to PPITi unless we were first a State j that it was only in the capacity of a State, that we could 5e9i3e5? admit nxto-aa eaaalitr wih the, and do not hesitate to say so on our solemn oaths before High Heaven,; and in the presence of the Hon. George Bancroft and this Court. : That will do gentletflen, yon are dismissed. . Our next witness is the Kansas Legislature. Question What right or authority had you, gentlemen, to pass a law requiring the people. of Kansas to vote on a certain day, and elect dele gates to form a Constitution for the State of Kansas'. ' Answer Our right and our authority, was from the people themselves, expressed through the ballot box. Besides, we also hold, that it is " People" which constitute a State, and believing that we had the requisite number of people, that we were therefore a State". A Conatitu'" tion being necessary to'protect the rights and promote the general welfare of. the people, we therefore, passed the required act establishing rules and fixing a day on which the people of . Kansas could elect Delegates to form for them-1 selves a Constitution without the interference of outsiders from any quarter. ; 3d Witness. Stand up here you Newspaper Editors of Kansas, and tell us if you have not testified and published over and over again that Kansas is a State ; and contained . the requisite population to entitle Congress to admit you to an equality with her sister States. Answer. To besure we have I itud wa have been laboring for more than two years to bring about such admission. But the Border Ruffians came over from Missouri and committed such horrible and infamous crimes, frauds and vil. Ianies, that our hearts sicken at the thought. You are a " liar ir (interposed another.) It was your emmigrant Aid Society that first flent you here, armed to: the teeth, defying ns. It was " yoa, f that banded yourselves together by infamous oaths to murder us and defy- the laws. Stop gentlemen; stop instantly every oce of yea. - (Here the Court had to interfere to stop a gene- Tal fight among the Editors.) We did not call yoa for the purpose of hearing you charge down each others throat, Such frauds and vililanie?, purjeries and lies, ; Nor tear your shirts or thumb each others eyes. Bat simply to know if Kansas was a State. You have testified that it was, therefore yoa are dismissed. - ' , 4th Witness. Come forward Got. Walker,and tell us whether Kansas is a State or not. Answer. Most certainly Kansas is a State, and ought to be admitted into , the Union. No man has laboured harder than I have to bring it about, and to have it acknowledged that Kansas was. onjL of the -United States of America r I will say too that the Lecompton Convention was a Jegal body, clothed witVall lawful authorityj to iflake a Constitution for the State of Kansas'. But no body knows better . .than the members, ot that Convention, that I promised those who were , in rebelion against usto submit this Constitatloa , for their approval or refection . This Convention knew as well as I didat this topeka party had threatened to overthrow our whole territorirl gov ernment, and involve nS in civil. war, and I only prevented it by promising thetn on the stump and everywhere, that this Constitution should be submitted ' to them,' Stop, if joa please, Gov. Walker I -We do noV F.ant.to hear anything more about your promises to thesa rebels on the stump or elsewhere j tieither do'we want' ,16 bear any. 'Utio about' Consul Sally DilUfd,' no more, nor NUMBER 51. the Big Swamp ? We simply wanj to know if Kansas Is A State, and wheiher the Leconptod Conventions was a legal body andaalhorized to form a Constitution. Yoa have answered &2m-atively, you may therefore sit d own. 5th Witness. We will enquire next of tie Le. compton Convention. Stand forth you" Border Ruffians and tell as if Kansas is a Stato or nct'; and wha't authority yoa had for making a Constitution for, the State of Kansa ; and, also, what t excuse you .have for not submitting erery parf; and parcel of that Constitution. to a vte of all the people of Kansas for adoption or -rejection Answer.-r-Kansas is nndoubtedry a State ; nO mau disputes that. Oar authority for making that Constitution, was ;he people, At manifested through the ballot box, and embodied in the laws. We 'followed the law implicitly. Every section in the Constitution is a literal copy from the Constitution of some one of our sister State? If theirs are republican in form, so then is ours. And there being nothing in the Constitution of the United States, our organic law, or laws of Kansas compeling us to submit our Constitution in detail to. a popular vote, and a majority of our sister States having adopted Constitutions wiih: out such submission ? we thought proper to follow the law and their example. It was our in-tention, however, to have so submitted our Coil' stitutlbn, and we would have done so, had not Our oppoaentsjnet in Convention at Topeka and passed resolutions declaring that they had voters enough, or could have through the agency of the emigrant Aid Society to vote down any Constitution we tnighLform ; and that they were resolved to do so without even looking into.it -'Id judge of its merits, boasting that if we should accept the Topeka Constitution itself, word for word and letter for letter, even to the crossing of a-T or the dot'iD of an I, that they could and would vote it out of existence ; because, as they claimed, wo were all bogus. Knowing a3 we did that this society was powerful in money and means, and had Lauded themselves together by it monstrous oath, in which they solemnly sworo to sustain themselves and their principles even though it should subject the govornment ; and also knowing that their main object was to put an end to all legal government in Kansas, so that they might have an excuse, for puting into immediate operation their Illegal and revolutionary Topeka organization, "under these circumstances, therefore, we thought' it best not td submit out Constitution to bo voted upon by a party sword beforehand to vote it Out of existence, and before" it was made ; and not being bound by law to dd-so, an 1 believing that a large majority in Kansas' and out of; it desired her to be admitted as a State ; we concluded to follow the law and submit the only question about which there was any dXruitTatuLtrut.ta.tha.aivri snsa of . the re.Oj Cth Witness. Walk outhereyou S'ate officeryy those.of you who were elected on the 4th of Jan. last, and tell us why you were candidates for.and elected to office under the LecomptonConstitution.- f: - - Answer. 'Because we thought if Congre'S should declare Kansas to be, one of the United States of America, then, we would be in a good condition to overthrow your whole Krusas policy and setup in its steal our Topeka organization; 7th. Tfie 8'e vent'i witness we will call is the' the Republican members of tho House of Rep-, resentatives of th last Congress. Stand forth you Black Republicans and tell us if you did not swear that Kansas was a State when you tried td admit her into the Union u'uder the Topeka .-Constitution- - , ' Answer. Ye3 wo did and would have snc4 ceeded, if you Border Ruffian Scoundrels in thd Senate, bad not hunted up the evidence,. and proved, that our Topeka Constitution was a for gery." ! So then we have seven sets of witnesses, altj all testifying that Kansas is a State legally organized, and having formed a Constitution in a' lawful manner and in her own way, are standing' at the door of Congress respectfully asking them to acknowledge that fact and admit them to arl equality with her sister States. If I could hope that the words of one so hum- , Lie as myself, could reach the presence of one sd high as the Hon. George Bancroft, I would en-y treat him to lend his ear reverently, and hearf and respect the voice cfthij cloud of witnesses,-which hae come up from the plains of Kansas,-however lowly they may seem in the log.cabins and homes they have made for themselves in the wilderness. T would beg him to remember, that under unexampled trials and difficulties, a Com' montreaUli, a State in all it3 fair proportions hz3 grown, as it were, in the night time, and that by the Constitution of tho United States and by or solemn treaty stipulation with France in 1803 "the Act of Congress, of 18ot, they are entitled to be admitted to an equality with :hcr sisters-States in all respects whatever. ; If the Hon.. George Bancroft would desire to see the majesty-of the laws maintained, the solemn guarranty of" treaties kept sacred in good fa'nh, fair dealingt if and honest friendship preserved inviolate among our sisterhool of States, he will throw do obstacle in the way of her admission. If he will, by and by, have dignity in his retirement; if he will stand well with the world of mankind ; if like. Washington And all our great Statesmen and . patriot he wishes to stand well wl?n posterity ; he will surely refrain if possible, from manufact. turing history, but -will couteut 'himself with handing down to posterity a truthful hktory of-our country as it transpires. And if it should become" necessary to say anything about old-King George and his British Parliament in con-. nectlon witls KanSas aair3fa9 can fiud a pre; cedent In the Black Republican -Platform, and not in any recommendation of James Buchaoanf , or of the action of tha Democratic party. : 5 Yours truly," - ; JAME3 GAMBLE." ; WAmoyDi53, O., March rOth; ISoS. ' : 1 : then put in a picd of butter, witb a little $h . andpeppen heat up an eg2 with a ?p rf flour, and pour over them, and they are r.oJy 1J dish up. Country GetU'emam --- lTo Coos PAHSSTrs, Scrape the pina'pa; Jt wash, Wnd dTice hem leogihwlse; boil in jiwt : waur noo?h to cover tbem till thoroughly d-jnef ' 3 1 . . . -

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C& Editorial aotlcet of advertisement, oren'Iinir ttntton Ut mmy enterprise intended to benefit indi- idnal or eorvorfcnns, wul be -charged for at the Tate of 10 cents per line. " Special notices, before marriage, or taking freeedence of regular advertisements, 'double usual tatea. ' 5 v ; 35 Noficos fr taeeSngs, okarrtble seoietMfljnre companies, Ac, Jimiy-prioe,' - Marriage notices inserted for 50 cts ; Deaths 35 cent, unless accompanied by obituaries, which will be charged for at regular advertising rates. jtT AdveTtisomwts dis)layed in large type to bo charged one-half more than regular, rates. . JdAll tra.nicnt advertisoments to be paid fur in -advance. ". . . SOUL THOCGIITS. T- B. IT. LOSGFELLOW. "The wind of an. Autumn midnight Is moaning round my door The curtains wave at the window, - The curpet lifts on the floor. . There ar sonrods liko startled foot-fttlls, i In the distwnt chambers now, ' And' the touch of airy fin-reM ; I&'faasy on hand and brow. 'Tis thus in the SouVs dark dwelling By the moody host unpooght- Through the chambers of Memory an3er .The invisible airs of thought. - . . .v : . For 'it blorreth where. It listeth, . With a murmur loud r low ; . Whence It conjeth whither goeta Kone tell as, and none may know. -. f ' JCow warring around the portals ' w; Of tlie vacant, dessolate m;nd- . As f he dKrs of a. ruined mansion That croak in the cold night wind. Xrd ando an wfI memory Sweeps over it fierce and nigh. like the rone of a mountain forest, When the midnight gale goes by. s ' . ... Then its voice subsides in wailing, And ere the dawn-of day.. - ' . Murm'ring fainter and still fainter, In the distance dies away. ? - piritiutl 1(1 Cl"5. Eemarkable Angelic .Visitation in Han-cock County, Ohio. A Little Girl Converses with an, Angel. THE AXGEL FORETELLS THE CHILD'S DEATH THE MANNER THEREOF. ETC., ALL OF WHICH ACTUALLY OCCUR. ' A TRULY MARVELOUS: STORY. Tvoin the Kenton Ohio) Republic. .n. of March 5, Orange township, in the South-western corner of Hancock county, joining Hardin on the Xorth west, some five miles from Johnstown, in this twunty, has recently been made the favored lo. cality of. one of thosa remarkable visitations which the people have learned to regard as very 4,few and far between :' an Angel's visit. Some-lime in August last, a bright andntelligent Ht tie girLaged five ; years, the daughter of Mr. Charles, who resides in .the locality described, while playing near the well in the yard, about noon of the day, seemed to discern something high up in the air, and descending toward her. The attention of the child was so much drawn to the object that her gaze became rivited upon it, and aa it drew nearer, she ; was observed to make frequent attempts to reach it with her hands, and form" a closer acquaintaace with the strange visitant. . - . When the mother of the child was called, to the acene, the little girl infdrmedTTber that she was in the nresence of an Aneel ; that she had talked with it that it had made communications to her, and furthermore, gave a description of it, accofding in every particular with the generally received impression of the appearance of these messengers from above. To satisfy herself tbot, there could be no delusion in. the matter, the mother entered into conversation with the stranger, and after being satisfied with the reality of the interview after having seen and talked with the Angel face to fast and after receiving infor-tnation' from it of the precise time when her own death would occur she retired from he spota Icing her little girl with her, and the Angel, waving its. bright wings, returned Heavenward- When the mother and child were alone, they talk ed freely of what they had seen and heard, and the mother's sadness was made deeper by the artless story of the child, who said that "the Angel told her she would die just two months from the time when she first saw it, weciselv attwelve ' o'clock and twenty fiva minutes ; that she would b threa day in dying j that her death would le nn-ke that of others; that her friends would sup. pose nC to hel'na; trance; that, her eyea would not be closed: that her funeral would be preach . ed in three weeks-after in the new school-house of the neighborhood, lJ man, whom, together with his horse and buggy she described, and that be?rienda wouldJhave. diS.culty in prowuring the ; hoaae for the occasionv' y -; ' : h'i jdotiet kept tio Ta4 secret to herself, and ; waited (or the appointed timet hopinJhat all is'-it yet o wea with ner- and hers, And pot V v (Ldiono caring to be reckoned aa one who; would attempt totevive the defunct doctrine of Spiritualism. Bat with the time came the terrible blow! Three days before the time predicted for her death) the little girl fell upon the flcjrr from whence she was taken to "bed, and at the hour and minute foretold, on the third day, breathed her last. Her tyes remained open after death, and could not be closed. Friends, supposing her to. be entraced, made many and rain efforts to restore her to life. A few dajs after her burial, as Rev. IL P. Darst was parsing by that way, a trieod of Mrs. Charles called to bim, and requested him to tarry awhile and preach the little girl's faaeral aeraotu The Reverend gecUeaan excused himself "oa the ground of having pricr engagensenta, bst pron-ised to do so im a short thee. His perssa and ealptneats rorrespocded in - the raot isiaate particulars with the; prophetic descriptioB, and when he did return to redeem his promise, the workmen who had built the tew achbel house, having a lien tipon it, refused to let it be bpeaed for the funeral eerTice but subsequently they gave up the key, atd the sermon was preached at the exact time and place predicted. The bereaved mother intended that the know, edge of these prophfeies and their fulfillments should go out of time with her, but recently, the secrecy bearing more crnshingly upon her, she determined to reveal the whole matter, atid in ac cordance with this determination, one day last week, she sent for John Latimore Esq., and Sam. uel Wood, one ot our County Commissioners, and to them gave the particulars, the most prominent of which we have given. The gentlemen Daued are among the 'oldest, most respectable, and in ftaential citizens of Our county, and their known character for integrity la jSufDeient guaranty that they would not favor at wrong action, or in any way assist in giving publicity to a story, as to the truth of which they had a reasonable, doubt. These gentlemen, we understand, have taken down the facts, as Mrs. Charles related them, for the purpose of giving them to the public in pamphlet form. They both bear testimony to the good character and standing of the lady who makes tJ revelation, and would regard anything coming from. her as entitled to credit. . Interesting Darick A Wonderfol Story. , The foTlowitig wonderful Story appeared several years ago, from the pen of an unknown author: . - -:-. .: The other morning, at the breakfast table, eur friend, the Hon.'John C. Calhoun, seemed very much troubled and out of spirits. You know be is altogether a venerable uiao, wnt a tiardj sternal Scotch-Irish face, softened in its expression arovnd the mouth by a sort of sad smile, which wins thu hearts of all who converse with him. Flis hair is snow-white, lie is tall, thin and angular. He reminds you very much of Old Hick ory. That he is honest, no one doubts; he has sacrificed lo his fatalism bis brightest hopes of political advanceroerit has offered up on the shrine of that necessity which he worships -all that can excite ambition even the presidency of the United States. But to my story. The other, morning at the breskfast table, where I, an unobserved specta-tor,Jjappened to be present, Calhoun was observed to gaze frequently at his right hand, and brush It with his left in a hurried and nervous manner, 4 He did this so often that it excited attention. At length one of the persons composing the breakfast party his name, I think, is Toombs, and be is a- member. ofCongresi from Georgia- took upon himself to ask the occasion of Mr. Calhoun's disquietude. - Does your hand pain you?" he asked of Mr. Calhoun. . . To. this Mr. Calhoun replied, in rather a (lurried manner, "P&hawt It is nothing. Only a dream I had last night, and which makes me see perpetually a large black spot, like an ink blotch, upon the back of my right hand; An optical illusion, I suppose. '.; . Of course these words excited the curiosity of the company, but no one ventured to beg the details of this singular dream, until - Toombs asked quietly: . - "What was your dream like? Tm not very superstitious about dreams; but sometimes they have a great deal of truth in them." "But this was such a peculiarly absurd dream,' said Mr. Calhoun, again brushing the back of his right hand;; "however, if it does not intrude too much on the time of our friends, I will relate it to you." Of course, the company were profuse in their profession of anxiety to know all about the dream. In his singular, sweet voice, Mr. Calhoun related it.- : -.-V ; "At a late hour last night, aa I was sitting in my room engaged In . writing, I was astonished by the entrance of a visitor, who entered and without a word took a seat opposite me at my table. This surprised tne as I had given par ticular orders to the. servant I should on no ac count be disturbed. The manner in which the intruder entered, so perfectly self'poesessed, tak ing his seat opposite 'mei without a word, as though my room and: all .within it belonged to him,, excited in ma as much surprise as indigna tion. As I raised my head to look into his feat ores, over the top of my shaded lamp, I discoy ered that he was .wrapped, in a thin cloak, which effectually concealed tis face and features from 'my view. And a3 I -raised my head he epokei j ."'Whatexe yoa: writings Senator from Seath Carolina? . : - ' . - "I did not think of hiii !mpetiaence .t first, but answered him voluntarily- - ; . 1 ,". " 'I am. writing' a plai' of Lthe "dissolution of the American Union; (yon know, gendemen tkat I ani expected to produce plan of disoln- i "To this the Intruder renlied . in tlae ' cooles manner poasioie: .v ...... ; s., :. , "Senator from South Carolina, ilf yon allow me to look at your, hand your right haad?' MOUNT VERNON, He rose, the cloak fell, and beheld his face. Gentlemen) the sight of that face strntk me like a thunder clap; It was the face of a dead man, whom etraordiraryv events had called back to life. The features were those of General George Washington yfeS, gentlemen, tlie intruder was none other than George Washington He was dressed in the Revolutionary costume, each as yon see in the Patent OfScei" Here Mr. Calhoun paused apparently tgita ted- His agitation, I need not tell you, was shared by the company. Toombs at length broke the embarrassing pause: ."Well, we e-ll, what was the issue of this scene?"' . ' Mr. Calhoun resumed: Tte intruder, as I have said, rose and asked rie tolook at ray right hand. As though I had not the power to refuse, I extended it. The truth is, I felt a strange thrill pervade me at his touch; he grasped it and held it near the light, thus affording me full time to examine every feature. It was the face of Washington, Gentlemen, T shuddered as I beheld the horribly dead alive of that visage. After holding my hand for a moment, he looked at me steadily, find said, ie a quiet wayt "'And with this right hand, Senatof from South Carolina, you would Bign your name to a paper declaring the Union dissolved?" . " 'I answered in the affirmative. .''Yes,. I will. If a certain contingency arises, I will sign my name to Declaration 6f Dissolution.' "But at that moment a black blotch appeared on the back of my hand, an inky blotch, which I seem to see even now. 'What is that?' said I, alarmed, I knew not why, at the blotch on my hand. . V' : "'That,' said he, dropping my hand, 'is the mark by which Benedict Arnold is known in-the next world.' ." . ; ' "He said no more, : gentlemen, but drew from beneatb his cloak an object which he laid upon the table laid it upon the very paper on which T was writing. ; That object, gentlemen, was a skeleton. . . .. " 'There, said he, 'there are the bones of Isaac Hajne, who was bun? at .Charleston by tbe British, He crave his life in order to establish the Union. Vhen.ryoa put your name to a Declaration of Dissolution, why, yon may as well have the bones of Isaac Hayne before you; he was a South Carolinian, and so are you. But there was no blotch on his right hand.' - " With these words, the intruder left the room. I started back from the contact with the dead man's bones, and awoke. Overworn by 'ai-or, I had fallen asleep, and had been dreaming.- Waj it not a singular dream?" : All the company answered in the affirmative, and Toombs muttered, "Singular, very singular," at the same time looking curiously at the back of his right band, while Mr. Calhoun placed his head between his hands and seemed buried in thouget. f;-. -'---;.-- -',, HOW AffriflnHnra m. - "'rZ" "-' One of the best agricultural addresses of the past season (says the Country Gentleman) is that of Hon. L. Chandler Ball, before the Hoosick (Town) Ag. Society. It discusses tho question, How shall the necessary condition to further agricultural improvement be secured, and farmers take the rank, exert the influence, and receive the honors to which, by their contributions to sq cial order, and the welfare of the State, they are entitled ?" He lajs down the following propose tions, and to their elucidation the address is -de. voted i m ', 1. By Sdopllng a higher standard of education both general and professional.. 2. By a more thorough cultivation of the soil, by which its fertility shall be increased, aid per manently maintained. 3. By the more .general introductioa of im proved implements -of husbandry, by which farm and household labor may be more, easily, and more economically performed- 4. By improving the breeds of domestic stock, and rearing only those animals which are the best of their respective kinds. . 5. By growing only those roots, grai ns, gras ses, and fruits which are the most nutritions, and the most productive. 6. By pursuing that particular branch of bus bandry which gives the strongest probabilities of success ; naving reference to curaate, son, mar kets, and amount of foreign and domestic com petition. : By making the business of farming attractive to educated men, and the farnf-house and all its surroundings pleasant to refined taste and culti vated manners. CMna and its Population. China is about 1500 miles long and broad, and contains about 1,318,879 square miles. .Cutting off the surrounding fringe of savage life. China is still a vast empire but not bo immeasurable or so unmanageable as we are accustomed to con ceive it to be. This country contains 360,279,- 897- human creatures. The amount need not startle ns. If Lombardy were as large as China, Lombar dy would contain 360,000,000 also, and if Belgi urn was as large as China, Belgium would con tain 400,000,000. Take the average of the whole 18 provinces) and there is nothing very remark able in the figures as they came out. The popu lation of China as a whole is not excessive but when we note the distribution Of that population the figures are remarkable There is a press upon the Eastern seaboard - provinces such without, parallel in, the wdrld: The Chi co&ats which look but towards Japan are choked with people, the average forthe; whole empire being 268 to the square milej Ciangua has 820 its next inland province, Anhui, has 704; Shan tang, to the north on the roast, 444; the imperial "district of Chihli.--474.nd Chekiang, on the coast to the 'south, has 671. " : V Potatoes Escoiiorxp! Mash potatoes in the usual way; then butter some sice clean ecollop shells, patty pans, or tea cups, or saucers; put in wnnr nntnfv TnVn tliftm' a month J at tha trm; cross a knife over them; itteir aTfew fine bread .v.-!. u-.:vill t. :,w - ----V.' brash with a few drops of inelted batter, and set taem careiouy oiu oitue bucus, ana crown on the other side. Cold: potatoes -may"be warmed up la this Way. , .? - '. ..-.; .. OHIO : TUESDAY, APllIL 6, 1858, fctfjS mm A CniU'c Talent. . . : "Oeeopy with your talents," said Kitty Lee to herself, as she sat thoughtloHy by the fire, one Sabboth afternoon. : "Pap said ia Lis sermon that God has given some talent to everybody, aal that we ought not to bary it ia tifc earth, I wonder what mine is. j V ;. '. . ' She puzzled her little head over the matter, 113 her face grew very sober, and her father, nc-tieing it, called her to his side. "What are you thinking about, daughter?' said he. "I was think ing of-your sermon, Papa, and what talents a little girnike me, can have.' "Let ns see, Kitt; have not you the power of speaking kind wCrds, and doing pleasant things to make other people happy? Do you always use this power when you have opportunity?" . Kitty blushed; and hung her head for she remembered that only the day before, she had join, ed her companions in laughing at Julia Blake, because she went to school in a patched dress, and seemed awkward and stupid at recitation. She did not hide hef thoughts from her father, for he always encouraged her to be frank trith him, and now he taught her that a right desire to use her talents would have led her to take Julia's part, and to speak encouragingly to her. "Twill try and do better, tomorrow," said Jit: y ; and with this resolution in mind, she Went to school next day At noon," when she saw Julia, as usual, apart from the others, and looking quite friendless, she went kindly to her, with a little bouquet of flowers, which she had picked from her own garden. "Will you have these, Julia,'' said She, and the grateful smile whieh lighted up the poor-girl's face, told Kit'y that " she had already done her heart good. Then she talked with hef about net lessons, and brought up pleasant subjects, till Julia began to feel quite like a new person; She studied that afternoon with a cheerfulness which 6he had not had for many a day, and won words of approbation from her teacher, which made her smile again. And all because Kitty Lee had spoken kindly to her - words which she might have spoken long before, if she had only thought. "' To be sure, Kitty gave np her aecuslonfcd play with the other scholars, and this cost her some trial, but do you think she was sorry for this, when she saw how happy she had made her little school-mate? Who of our little readers will say that he or she has not any talent to do good with? "What if the little drop should say, So small a drop as I, Cn ne'er refresh the thirsty fields, 111 tarry in tha sky: . What if a shining beam at noon, . Should in its fountain stav. Beoanse its little light alone, ''-'.'.-xne drop does its parrin neiping to maae me shower;1 the beam of light dees its part in help ng to make-tbe day. So the child who is on the look out for the opportunities to do good, can help to make up the sum of human happiness, and thus be, in some measure, like our blessed Savior, who, while on earth, "went about doing good J" -Ohio' Farmer. J ; .. : Useful Inforiiiation. A Good Whitewash, As this is the. season of the year when people begin to clean up, and make things look fresh for the approaching summer, we copy from the ast Scientific American the following in respect to the best and cheapest whitewashes, both for the inside and outside of houses: Take half a bushel of fresh-burned white lime, and slack it either with hot or cold water, in a tub or barrel. When thoroughly slacked, dissolve in the water required to thin the lime, two quarts of common salt, stir it thoroughly, add one quart of sweet milk, and it is ready for use to put on with a brush. This wash is for the outside of buildings, fen-ves, &c, and is very durable. Some put. glue in whitewash, and others flour and rice paste; but these render it liable to scale off in very dry weather. The above wash may be made a cream'colorj by the adcition of ochre The above whitewash is all that can be de sired for the interior of excepting the salt, it must be omitted, as it tends to imbibe moisture. French white is superior to lime washes for the ceilings of rooms, ; as it is not so liable to turn yellowish in color, but it rubs off so easily that it cannot be. used for side walla. Potatoes Fbied ih S lices .Peel 1 arge po tatoes, slice, them about a quarter of an inch thick, or cut them into shavings, as you would peel a lemon; dry them well in a- clean cloth, aud fry them in lard or dripping. Take care that the fat and frying-pan are quite clean ; put it on a quick fire, and as sOon as the lard boils, and is still, put in the slices of potato, and keep moving them until they crisp; take them up and lav them to drain on a sieve. Send them to the table with a little salt sprinkled over them. Ccbb for Wabts. Take half an ounce of muriatic acid, put it in a broad-bottomed . vial. so t will not easily turn over; take. a stick as large as he end of a knitting-needle, dip it into the acid, and touch the top of the warrwitb whatever of the acid adheres to the stick with the stick rub the acid into the wart without al- lowing it to touch' the healthy skin do this nigit and morning. JJaWa Journal of Health. ; : i To Bon. Potatoes. Put them into a sance pan with scarcely sufficient water to covet them; Directly the skins begins to break, lift them from the fire, and as rapidly as possible pour off every drop of "the water . Then place a course (we need not say clean) towel over them and return them to the. Ere again until they are thor- ougWy done, .nd 'qudry. JittleVsalt, Jo I taste should bare been added to. the-water be:" taste should h fore boiling i Stica tbb; SjDS.-r-Take - along Breath 6id- -t tcardly so a to expel all the i air from the langjs. TbOtitctf tpeas'Hnstantly- i ft-t-t " ' ' : - - '. I must be very grateful to the man who humbly estimates his own claims, that the world always heartily approves his judgment. iuu may do saia lor , love, that if yoa strike it out of the soul, life would be insipid, and our. being but half animated 'There is nothing ' like a fixed, steady aimj with aa honorable purpose. It dignifies your nature, and insures your Success. : Men often are not aware of what severe and untiring labor they are capable, until "they have made-trial of their strength. Afflictions are the same to the soul as the plough to the fallow ground, the pruning-knife to the vine, and the furnace to the gold. He who does his bestj however little, is always to be distinguished frdtn him who does nothing. V . It is as disagreeable to a prodigal to keep an account of his expenses, as it" is to a sinner to examine his conscience; the deeper they search, the worse they find themselves. It is a much easier task to dig metal out of its native mine, than to get it out of the covetous man's coffer. Death only has the key of the miser's chest. : .What madness is it for a man to starve himself, to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend into an enemy! For his joy at your death will be proportioned to what you leave him. I have no expectation that any man will read history aright, who thinks that what was done in a remote age, by men whose names have fesonnded far, has any deeper sense than what he is doing to-day, - Infinite as are the varieties of life, so man ifold are the paths to saintly characters; and he who has not found out how, directly or indirectly, to make everything converge towards his soul's saoctiScation, has as yet missed the mean- ng ot this hfe, - ' Manhood in ihe Christian life is abetter thing than boyhood, because it is a riper thing; and old age, ought to be a brighter, and a cal. mer, and a more serene thing than manhood. - It is well for a believer to look on. Dare you? llemember, put of Christ, it is not wisdom but madness to look on. Ynn mnei Irtt back, for the longest and the best day is either past or passing. " 11 is not by. regretting what is irreparable that true work is to be done, but by making the best of what we are ; Forget mis taker; organize victory out of mistakes. Perhaps in practical life we could not give abetter account of faith, than by saying that it is, amidst much failure, having the kart tn - It is a very lofty thing" to oe b" unristlan; for a Christian is man who is restorin? God's ikenesg to his character." ; Human innocence is not to know evil: Christian sairdliness is to know evil and goody and prefer good. It is the solemn thought connected with middle age, that life's last "business Is begun in earnest. An Indiana Dentist. ' The following we copy from a business circu lar of a wag'of a toothpuller, at Bloomiugton t Bexevoi.ejtt IxsTRrcTros. Df; J; Payne, dentist having once more opened an oSce in Bloomington, will perform all operations on the teeth at greatly reduced prices. A beautiful at7-ver cup, will be presented to the person having the greatest number of teeth extracted and a splendid g old walclt will be awarded to the one having the finest set of artificial teeth inserted; Teeth extracted for a dollar a dozen. S? The testimony in the case of the com monwealth again st Borrowscale, for an affray tried at Boston some years ago : Counsel Did you see William Borrowscale knock the man down?: ;- WitneBS William Borrowscale might do such a thing. ' " : ' Counsel Answer me directly. JJid yoa see Borrowscale knock him down ?. Witness I can't exactly say that I did. : : .- The Court State, Mr. Witness, what you did See. : i . ;-. " -. Witness Well, I saw William Bono rscale take his hand away from the mans head quice and then the man fell dottn right atcay. . J3y- The Yankee Blade tells the following anecdote of a college chum : H , a member of one of the classes, was distinguished not less for his dry wit and sly wag gery than for his address in evading the writing of themes, and palming off the brain-currency of others as hi3 legitimate tender,' One Monday morning he read a tlieme of unusual merit ; bat Professer A ' smelt rat, and as H. finished and sat down in the pride of conscious excel-1 lence, asked : . : ". j " ; ft Is that original, It- ? H ' . "Yes, sir.'' : " Are yoa sure of it?" queried, the Professor, donbtingly. ' '' . ' !' " Why, yes, sir," replied. A--, with the im-petturable gravity, and that pasteboard, countenance he alwiys wore, " H bad original Ovef It in the paper ! took it from! ' - ' gSy' A good joke, says the Syracuse Standard, Is related of Miss- G a laughter-loving, good natured lass, who was. spending .the afternoon with a neighbor! and during supper 'the conven satioo turned to "bens; etc:" Miss-G. observed that her bens did not lay ercely any-eggs, and she eoold not tell the reason. Why, observed Mr. P4 by hens lay very well? I go ou t among them almost every day and get-eggs." ' "Gracious I " waa"Uielnslani nj'nndeV, t wish yon would some over to but house, and run with our bensVrllm suref your troobleJ .'She3'doiJ'Tf-"-'.:r'"-f.7-;- ' l)nmovist. fatnumitattons For the Demooratio Banner. L. Harper, Esq. Dear Sir : At the request of one of your old Democratic friends and subscribers, I see you have published what purports to be A Late Page in the JjUiory of the United States by George Jlanerofl. May another humble patron of yours, through the same channel, say a few Words in reply : " The cardinal point " (says the Hon. Histo. rian) " on which this great question turns is this: Is the Lecompton, Constitution the. choice and will of a majority of the people of Kansas ? " He 'Bancroft) says that it is not, and brings forward seven witnesses to prove it. His first wit-nes which he brings to the stand is, the circumi stances of the Lecompton Convention refusing to submit the Constitution to a vote of the people for fear it would be rejected. 2d. The Newspaper Press of Kansas. 3d. The Kansas Delegate to Congress. 4th. Series of Kansas Governors, (four in one year.) ' 5th. The Kansas Legislature - 6th. The State officers of Kansas. 7th. The voice of the people of Kansas. All, all these witnesses (says Mr. Bancroft) de-clare that the Lecompton Constitution is not the voice and will of a majority of the people of Kansas. Will the Hon Historian, before he has this little bit of our history stereotyped, go with us before the great Tribunal of the American people and assist in the cross examination of these same witnesses. The Court is open, the witnesses haye been sworn, and the parties are ready to proceed. The first witness we call to the stand is the people themselves of Kansas. Stand forth now you quarreling, wrangling, factious flet of scoundrels and answer our questions. -We want to ascertain if there is any. one thing yoct can agree upon. Tell U3 now, if every one; of yoa have riot said that Kansas is a Stale. Answer We have ? and we say sc nowv We holdthat it is " People,"' which constitute a State; and believing that we have in Kansas as many people as the U. S. Constitution requires for that'" purpose; therefore Kansas is a State. Question. Have. yoa not all, in some form or other, petitioned Congress to acknowledge you as a State, and to admit you to an equality with the other States ? & Answer We have. The Constitution of the United States -says, that Congress may admifl new States, and we supposed we liad no right to PPITi unless we were first a State j that it was only in the capacity of a State, that we could 5e9i3e5? admit nxto-aa eaaalitr wih the, and do not hesitate to say so on our solemn oaths before High Heaven,; and in the presence of the Hon. George Bancroft and this Court. : That will do gentletflen, yon are dismissed. . Our next witness is the Kansas Legislature. Question What right or authority had you, gentlemen, to pass a law requiring the people. of Kansas to vote on a certain day, and elect dele gates to form a Constitution for the State of Kansas'. ' Answer Our right and our authority, was from the people themselves, expressed through the ballot box. Besides, we also hold, that it is " People" which constitute a State, and believing that we had the requisite number of people, that we were therefore a State". A Conatitu'" tion being necessary to'protect the rights and promote the general welfare of. the people, we therefore, passed the required act establishing rules and fixing a day on which the people of . Kansas could elect Delegates to form for them-1 selves a Constitution without the interference of outsiders from any quarter. ; 3d Witness. Stand up here you Newspaper Editors of Kansas, and tell us if you have not testified and published over and over again that Kansas is a State ; and contained . the requisite population to entitle Congress to admit you to an equality with her sister States. Answer. To besure we have I itud wa have been laboring for more than two years to bring about such admission. But the Border Ruffians came over from Missouri and committed such horrible and infamous crimes, frauds and vil. Ianies, that our hearts sicken at the thought. You are a " liar ir (interposed another.) It was your emmigrant Aid Society that first flent you here, armed to: the teeth, defying ns. It was " yoa, f that banded yourselves together by infamous oaths to murder us and defy- the laws. Stop gentlemen; stop instantly every oce of yea. - (Here the Court had to interfere to stop a gene- Tal fight among the Editors.) We did not call yoa for the purpose of hearing you charge down each others throat, Such frauds and vililanie?, purjeries and lies, ; Nor tear your shirts or thumb each others eyes. Bat simply to know if Kansas was a State. You have testified that it was, therefore yoa are dismissed. - ' , 4th Witness. Come forward Got. Walker,and tell us whether Kansas is a State or not. Answer. Most certainly Kansas is a State, and ought to be admitted into , the Union. No man has laboured harder than I have to bring it about, and to have it acknowledged that Kansas was. onjL of the -United States of America r I will say too that the Lecompton Convention was a Jegal body, clothed witVall lawful authorityj to iflake a Constitution for the State of Kansas'. But no body knows better . .than the members, ot that Convention, that I promised those who were , in rebelion against usto submit this Constitatloa , for their approval or refection . This Convention knew as well as I didat this topeka party had threatened to overthrow our whole territorirl gov ernment, and involve nS in civil. war, and I only prevented it by promising thetn on the stump and everywhere, that this Constitution should be submitted ' to them,' Stop, if joa please, Gov. Walker I -We do noV F.ant.to hear anything more about your promises to thesa rebels on the stump or elsewhere j tieither do'we want' ,16 bear any. 'Utio about' Consul Sally DilUfd,' no more, nor NUMBER 51. the Big Swamp ? We simply wanj to know if Kansas Is A State, and wheiher the Leconptod Conventions was a legal body andaalhorized to form a Constitution. Yoa have answered &2m-atively, you may therefore sit d own. 5th Witness. We will enquire next of tie Le. compton Convention. Stand forth you" Border Ruffians and tell as if Kansas is a Stato or nct'; and wha't authority yoa had for making a Constitution for, the State of Kansa ; and, also, what t excuse you .have for not submitting erery parf; and parcel of that Constitution. to a vte of all the people of Kansas for adoption or -rejection Answer.-r-Kansas is nndoubtedry a State ; nO mau disputes that. Oar authority for making that Constitution, was ;he people, At manifested through the ballot box, and embodied in the laws. We 'followed the law implicitly. Every section in the Constitution is a literal copy from the Constitution of some one of our sister State? If theirs are republican in form, so then is ours. And there being nothing in the Constitution of the United States, our organic law, or laws of Kansas compeling us to submit our Constitution in detail to. a popular vote, and a majority of our sister States having adopted Constitutions wiih: out such submission ? we thought proper to follow the law and their example. It was our in-tention, however, to have so submitted our Coil' stitutlbn, and we would have done so, had not Our oppoaentsjnet in Convention at Topeka and passed resolutions declaring that they had voters enough, or could have through the agency of the emigrant Aid Society to vote down any Constitution we tnighLform ; and that they were resolved to do so without even looking into.it -'Id judge of its merits, boasting that if we should accept the Topeka Constitution itself, word for word and letter for letter, even to the crossing of a-T or the dot'iD of an I, that they could and would vote it out of existence ; because, as they claimed, wo were all bogus. Knowing a3 we did that this society was powerful in money and means, and had Lauded themselves together by it monstrous oath, in which they solemnly sworo to sustain themselves and their principles even though it should subject the govornment ; and also knowing that their main object was to put an end to all legal government in Kansas, so that they might have an excuse, for puting into immediate operation their Illegal and revolutionary Topeka organization, "under these circumstances, therefore, we thought' it best not td submit out Constitution to bo voted upon by a party sword beforehand to vote it Out of existence, and before" it was made ; and not being bound by law to dd-so, an 1 believing that a large majority in Kansas' and out of; it desired her to be admitted as a State ; we concluded to follow the law and submit the only question about which there was any dXruitTatuLtrut.ta.tha.aivri snsa of . the re.Oj Cth Witness. Walk outhereyou S'ate officeryy those.of you who were elected on the 4th of Jan. last, and tell us why you were candidates for.and elected to office under the LecomptonConstitution.- f: - - Answer. 'Because we thought if Congre'S should declare Kansas to be, one of the United States of America, then, we would be in a good condition to overthrow your whole Krusas policy and setup in its steal our Topeka organization; 7th. Tfie 8'e vent'i witness we will call is the' the Republican members of tho House of Rep-, resentatives of th last Congress. Stand forth you Black Republicans and tell us if you did not swear that Kansas was a State when you tried td admit her into the Union u'uder the Topeka .-Constitution- - , ' Answer. Ye3 wo did and would have snc4 ceeded, if you Border Ruffian Scoundrels in thd Senate, bad not hunted up the evidence,. and proved, that our Topeka Constitution was a for gery." ! So then we have seven sets of witnesses, altj all testifying that Kansas is a State legally organized, and having formed a Constitution in a' lawful manner and in her own way, are standing' at the door of Congress respectfully asking them to acknowledge that fact and admit them to arl equality with her sister States. If I could hope that the words of one so hum- , Lie as myself, could reach the presence of one sd high as the Hon. George Bancroft, I would en-y treat him to lend his ear reverently, and hearf and respect the voice cfthij cloud of witnesses,-which hae come up from the plains of Kansas,-however lowly they may seem in the log.cabins and homes they have made for themselves in the wilderness. T would beg him to remember, that under unexampled trials and difficulties, a Com' montreaUli, a State in all it3 fair proportions hz3 grown, as it were, in the night time, and that by the Constitution of tho United States and by or solemn treaty stipulation with France in 1803 "the Act of Congress, of 18ot, they are entitled to be admitted to an equality with :hcr sisters-States in all respects whatever. ; If the Hon.. George Bancroft would desire to see the majesty-of the laws maintained, the solemn guarranty of" treaties kept sacred in good fa'nh, fair dealingt if and honest friendship preserved inviolate among our sisterhool of States, he will throw do obstacle in the way of her admission. If he will, by and by, have dignity in his retirement; if he will stand well with the world of mankind ; if like. Washington And all our great Statesmen and . patriot he wishes to stand well wl?n posterity ; he will surely refrain if possible, from manufact. turing history, but -will couteut 'himself with handing down to posterity a truthful hktory of-our country as it transpires. And if it should become" necessary to say anything about old-King George and his British Parliament in con-. nectlon witls KanSas aair3fa9 can fiud a pre; cedent In the Black Republican -Platform, and not in any recommendation of James Buchaoanf , or of the action of tha Democratic party. : 5 Yours truly," - ; JAME3 GAMBLE." ; WAmoyDi53, O., March rOth; ISoS. ' : 1 : then put in a picd of butter, witb a little $h . andpeppen heat up an eg2 with a ?p rf flour, and pour over them, and they are r.oJy 1J dish up. Country GetU'emam --- lTo Coos PAHSSTrs, Scrape the pina'pa; Jt wash, Wnd dTice hem leogihwlse; boil in jiwt : waur noo?h to cover tbem till thoroughly d-jnef ' 3 1 . . . -